stapler
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- noun
- /ˈsteɪplər/
- After printing the pages, I used the stapler to bind them into a booklet.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd as I typed this, this guy grabs A stapler off the desk in the cruise ship office.
- And as I typed this, this guy grabs A stapler off the desk in the cruise ship office.
- OK, well, let's list everything that's in an office building until we figure out, oh, like, Oh yeah, I didn't realize that office buildings have staplers in them.
- They go out there, you know, you take their stapler and don't return it.
- And then I just have a pretty large paper clip, some string here, a stapler.
- He's really, I mean, he's got it like it's labeled and the boss will not return his stapler.
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But there is more about human factors engineering to learn from Marks's stapler designs.
Academic text (2011) -
A metal desk covered with invoices, pencils, a stapler, an ashtray, and a small lamp was adjacent to the door.
Blog text (23) -
Like the stapler on my desk.
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I want a gold stapler for my new desk setup.
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Just wanted to borrow your stapler.
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I've never seen her pass up a chance to use a stapler.
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So you have it folded over and then just take your stapler here and staple it shut.
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So I'm going to assemble the base using my stapler and some wood glue.
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The DST Series staplers incorporate newly designed staple wire and an anvil engineered to improve staple formation.
Academic text (2002) -
The bird shifted its claws there on the current perch of an old rusted stapler atop the small fold-open desk, the lid of it down.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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A small object that holds sheets of paper together, like a clip
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A machine that fastens sheets of paper by pushing small metal clips through them
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Etymology
Stapler comes from the everyday word staple, the small metal 'fastener' used to hold pages together, plus the ending -er meaning 'one that does something'. So a stapler is simply the tool that puts those little staples into paper to fasten them together.